Blogs

Press releases

tag icon Innovations

Honor recognizes improvement in the nutritional content of wheat.

Press releases

tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

GRP and CIMMYT signed up cooperation framework at Borlaug Dialogue organized by the World Food Prize Foundation.

In the media

tag icon Capacity development

Source: Life Technology (30 Oct 2023)

AGREE, created by UC Davis and CIMMYT, helps analyze emissions from diverse agricultural activities.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: Medium (30 Oct 2023)

Sainsbury Lab, John Innes Centre and 21 institutes, led by CIMMYT, join forces to monitor plant pathogens and improve wheat productivity in East Africa and South Asia.

News

tag icon Capacity development

Ethiopian Meteorological Institute in partnership with CIMMYT organized a workshop to scale climate-smart agriculture and climate information services for the benefit of millions of small-scale farmers in Ethiopia.

Features

tag icon Gender equality, youth and social inclusion

In a remote rural area of Tanzania, a group of women farmers has defied the odds and found prosperity through the cultivation of certified sorghum seeds.

In the media

tag icon Innovations

Source: Xinhua Net (25 Oct 2023)

For future wheat variety development, CIMMYT is interested in collaborating with the Pakistan-China laboratory.

In the media

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Source: Progressive Farmer (25 Oct 2023)

Bram Govaerts, CIMMYT director general, emphasized the global impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on agriculture and the link between peace and food production.

Blogs

tag icon Capacity development

Soil fertility management and improved practices for rice production were emphasized with technicians who work directly with farmers to raise yields, income, and household-level food and nutrition security.

Blogs

tag icon Innovations

A mechanization project promotes the uptake of scale-appropriate machinery for smallholder farmers in rural Zimbabwe.

In the media

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Source: Farm Kenya (19 Oct 2023)

Experts are now turning to millet as a leading solution to combat rising obesity rates and improve nutrition in Kenya.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: Kisan of India (17 Oct 2023)

Research from IISER Bhopal, CIMMYT and the University of Michigan calls for urgent action and highlights the potential of technology to reduce emissions and promote sustainable agriculture.